Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-10
THE WHITE ROOM GRAZ
How tits Furnished and Upholste,.,
in Satin Rroeaae

How tits Furnished and Upholste,.,
in Satin Brocaae.
NEW YORK, April s.--No soonsr i,
we furnished our houses in sombrs coi L4'
with dark mahogany ana early Ens,,4'
furniture OF black oak, which annaaa
worm-eaten, If it really was not WY
10! the dealers inaugurate perfect cr.- '
In white furniture, light-colered rT isLe
stery goods, ana from the diani6sdp ast
aristocratic English or colonial stTIes ana
become imDued with the periesi q, 10 wv, we
Kings. However, the DARK rich furnjtIus
is too beautiful to give up without 4 sure
gle. ana fashion now dictates thar thoFs'
VINO caa afford 1t shall have each room ~
their residence furnished to represent IN ~
only distinct period, but a certain COW NV
try as We'll. Thus We have English rooms
French rooms, colonial, Egyptian ana
Japanese apartments, according to ,Su
purse or fancy. '
The frs: white room" built in NJ.
York of any prominence is the nns,'
room in the Willard mansion, now own@s
and occupied by Mr.. Whitelaw Reid. ~.
floor Is highly polished in light coIorsS
woods, and the euJiFe apartment is ~
ivory white, picked out with gold. and W
The panels of the walls medalions ~
lutes, ribbons and scrolls of music,
A handsome white room" has the hoor
OF polished wood, with here and therss
white Astrakhan rug; the furniture il ot
white, picked out with gold, upholstered
IN white satin brocade; the curtains and
other draperies are of white plush en-.
broidered with gold: the picture framos
are white and gold; white easel Stands
in one corner and white and gold piapo
IL makes a most beautiful apartment. Ma,
long ago | described this room to a cleya,
young vile VINO lives in an ad jacent town
she has comparatively little money. but
excellent taste; recently she invited mo
to s6e her "wAite ROOM" which she snr
prised me by stating was all the result Of
her own ingenuity and cost but hte
The wood floor had been stained and nal
ished To look like cherry. and several
white fox rugs, which cost about So 10
were laid here and there. She had bought
several of the tripod legged tables with
pine tops; the legs sDe painted white with
gilt lines, using the liquid gliding. The
Lops were covered with white plush and
another with white felt, with yellow satin
bows at the corners and gold fringe. She
also made mantel scarf of white plush.
trimmed with yellow bows. An old-issh.
toned hig backed kitchen chair she paint.
ed white and made for it yellow plush
cushion. One of the ordinary Shaker
rocking chairs was also painted white
and gold. and over the red and black
braided seat she had tackled white felt,
with some yellow flowers embroidered
upon 1t, while the back was decorated
with yellow Chinese silk scarf. Plants
grew in common flower pots, painted
white; an easel was made OF pine, paiuted
white, while oyer the mantel was an old.
fashioned oval mirror, such as used TO be
used fifteen years ago. Between windows
she mad hung the mirror lengthwise and
painted it's common black walnut frame
white, looping white silk scarf, with
gold figures, around it. A milking stool
also painted white, with a bunch Of vel,
lew flowers painted upon the seat, stood
n a corner; at the windows were white
China elk curtains, tied back with yellow
bows. These curtains, being OF the same
material as silk handkercniefs, of course
waeh as we'll. Old disused walnut pie
ture frames were also painted and gllded
to match the other articles. And beau
Liiul wall bracket was made OF a square
OF pine board to which was nailed three
little shelves put en- 1rreguiarly like three
steps. This also was painted white, gld.
ed on the edges of the shelves and hung
up by screw eyes, which we're concealed
ny 1eIiOW DOWs, pISJbJ JSlIo"s Loeuo
vase was one OF the ornaments, white
candlestick which held a yellow twisted
candle, cnoiee bit OF Royal Worcester,
which were among her possessions, and,
of course, other ornaments ABOUT the
apartment. A bird sang in brass cage,
n&rmoniZing with the decorations. wish
everybody could see that room; the effect
was like falryland, and in spIte OF thls
fact the pretty owner of all informed me
that this charming result was reached at
a cost not exceeding S25. 1t would be dlt-
cult for me to say which was the more
beautiful, the "white room" OF my wealthy
friend with it's gOrgeousness and white
piano, which apartment cost i'll the nelga-
Dorh0ed OF $4,000, or that OF the pretty
young housewife who, with little money
but mucn taste aud industry, had created
an apartment unique, beautiful ana, bet-
ter Lnan all, showing ner own lnalvlda-
ality. EVELYN BAKER hARVIER'